Maitane Melero and Carlos Mayo, Spanish champions of 10,000 meters

Solange Pereira and Pablo Sánchez reign in the road mile

MADRID, 10 Apr. (SportsFinding) –

The athletes Maitane Melero and Carlos Mayo have been proclaimed champions of Spain over 10,000 meters in the Portuguese town of Faro, in the Spanish Long-Distance Championship played within the Iberian Trophy, while Solange Pereira prolongs her reign as champion of the mile en route in Breña Baja (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and Pablo Sánchez opens his record.

During the event, Melero and Mayo achieved the minimum to participate in the European Cup in Pacé (France) and are shortlisted, as are Irene Sánchez-Escribano, Beatriz Álvarez, Rober Aláiz and Yago Rojo, the rest of the medalists of the event .

At the age of 39, Navarrese Maitane Melero won her second consecutive title in the category and sixth national wound – two 5,000 meters, two 3,000 meters on the indoor track and two 10,000 meters – thanks to an accurate attack with one kilometer to go that He did not find a response from Irene Sánchez-Escribano or Beatriz Álvarez, silver and bronze, respectively.

In the men’s category, the Aragonese Carlos Mayo achieved his first national gold in the 10,000 meters with a solo exhibition to stop the time of 27:38.59, the eleventh best time achieved by a Spaniard in the history of 10,000 meters just 13 seconds behind. your personal brand.

For their part, Solange Pereira and Pablo Sánchez were proclaimed champions of Spain in the mile en route in Breña Baja, on the island of La Palma, a title that is the eighth nationally for the Canarian and the first for the Andalusian.

Pereira, 32 years old and champion of Spain in the indoor track in 3000 meters this same year, won with a record of 5:17 Miriam Gregori, silver with 5:20, and Raquel Meaños, bronze with 5:21. Meanwhile, Sánchez beat Eduardo Romero (4:32) and Iván Sáinz (4:34) with a time of 4:31.